## The Gate of Unity Chapter 4

###### The Gate of Unity 4:1
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ומעתה יש לבאר באיכות ענין ההתבוננות, אם דרך כלל או דרך פרט דווקא, כמו על דרך דוגמא בהשגה אלקית דבחינת ממלא כל עלמין, דרך כלל בג' עולמות בי''ע, הכל שרש ענין א' הוא בכל המשלים דזיו והתפשטות או אותיות כו', וכללותו רק ענין הגלוי מן ההעלם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We must now explain how one should contemplate (*Hitbonenut*), whether it should specifically be done in a general way, or in a way of particulars. For example, [this may be understood] in [regard to] the Godly comprehension into the aspect of how *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה Godliness fills all worlds (*Memaleh Kol Almin*). In the general comprehension [of how *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה Godliness permeates] the three [created] worlds of *Briyah, Yetzirah,* and *Asiyah*, all the examples of the ray [emanating from the luminary], or of the spreading forth [of Divine influence], or of the letters [of speech] etc., are all rooted in one general matter, that of “the revelation of that which is the hidden.”¹ (revelation of the hidden). This matter and all of its analogies will be explained later in chapter 19.

footnotes:
¹ Giluy HaHe’elem


###### The Gate of Unity 4:2
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או כמו ערך הנבדל לבחינת בעל גבול מחודש לגבי בלתי בעל גבול דרך כלל, שיש בזה ריבוי אופנים, והכל בכלל, גם שנמצא בזה ענינים פרטים הרבה (כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, in the general [comprehension of the great] difference between a created, limited being, relative to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, the Unlimited Being; [although] there are many particular ways to [understand] this and [although] there are many details (as will be explained), [nonetheless], it all is [understood in a] general [manner].


###### The Gate of Unity 4:3
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או דרך פרט, להתבונן בכל עולם ובכל נברא ובכל פרטי מדריגות חלוקים בסדרי ההשתלשלות מעילה לעילה בכל אחד בפני עצמו דוקא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Or, [on the other hand], should one contemplate in a manner of particulars, [analyzing] each world, each creature and each of the various particular levels in the [entire] chaining down [of the worlds], from cause to [subsequent] cause, [analyzing] each one, specifically in and of itself?


###### The Gate of Unity 4:4
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וכך הוא השאלה בהתבוננות ביחודא עילאה באורות וכלים דאצילות בכל פרטי עשר ספירות עד עצמות אור אין סוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This, likewise, is the question in regard to the contemplation of the “Upper Unity,” of the lights and vessels [of the world] of *Atzilut*, including all the details of the ten *sefirot,* until the Essential Self of the Limitless Light (*Atzmoot Ohr Ein Sof)*.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:5
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אם להתבונן בכללות ענין אור האצילות באיכות צמצומו מן העצמות ואיך שנבדל הערך לגבי עצמות המאציל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Should one contemplate this in a general manner, [that is] the matter of the light of *Atzilut*, how it comes about from the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, through *Tzimtzum*, and how it is incomparable to the Essential Self of the Emanator?


###### The Gate of Unity 4:6
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ואיך דאיהו וחיוהי חד כו' (גם שיש בו ענינים פרטיים הרבה מאד כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise [in regard to the general contemplation of] how “He and His life force are one” (although there are many particulars in this, as will be explained, [nonetheless, it still is a general contemplation]).


###### The Gate of Unity 4:7
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בכמה מיני משלים כמו שלהבת הקשורה כו' שנזכר בספר יצירה או כענין גלוי ההעלם דכחות הנפש מעצמות הנפש דרך כלל כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He can understand this matter generally,] through various analogies, such as [the analogy] mentioned in *Sefer Yetzirah* of a flame that is bound [to the coal], or such as a general [understanding] of the revelation of the faculties of the soul from their concealment in the essence of the soul.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:8
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עד שאחר העיון יושג בחינת העומק מזה כנזכר לעיל בהשגה דממלא כל עלמין שנקרא יחודא תתאה כידוע.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Through this analysis he will come to comprehend the depth [of the concept] of how the light of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, fills all worlds, which is called, “The Lower Unity,” as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:9
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והנה באמת לא ראי זה כו' דיש מעלה בהתבוננות דרך כלל כדי שיוכל לבא לבחינת העומק בכלל שהוא בחינת עצמות אור האלקי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, in truth, the two [methods] are dissimilar [to each other]. [On the one hand] there is an advantage to general contemplation, that through it one will be able to come to the general depth [of the matter], which is the general aspect of the essence of the Godly light.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:10
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בבחינת הכלל, בין ביחודא עילאה בין ביחודא תתאה, שזהו עיקר התכלית בגלוי אלקות בנפש כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[However] he will reach this only in a general way, whether in [regard to the comprehension of] the “Upper Unity,” or the “Lower Unity.” This revelation of Godliness in his soul is the ultimate purpose of contemplation.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:11
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ויש מעלה בהתבוננות דרך פרט דוקא מצד עוצם הקירוב גלוי אור האלקי בנפשו יותר, כי בהתבוננות דרך כלל יוכל להטעות את עצמו עד שנדמה לו כי מאד קרוב אליו הדבר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[On the other hand] there is also an advantage to contemplating specifically in a way of particulars, since [through it] the revelation of the Godly light in his soul will be incredibly closer to him. For, through contemplation in a general way it is possible for one to delude himself, so that it appears to him that this matter is very close to him.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:12
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ובאמת מרחוק מאד יהו״ה נראה לו בהיותו דרך כלל לבד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, in truth, when he only [contemplates] in a general manner, *HaShem*-יהו״ה appears to him from afar.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:13
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מה שאין כן ההתבוננות דרך פרט, שכל פרטי בהשגה בדבר פרטי, הרי יוקבע בנפשו בבחינת הקירוב ביותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is not the case when one contemplates in a manner of particulars, to comprehend all the details of each particular. ]When he does this[, it becomes embedded in his soul in a very close way.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:14
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וממנו יבוא להשגת דבר פרטי העליון הימנו בהדרגה, עד שיבוא לכלל ההשגה בכלליות, שאז מתאמת יותר בלתי הטעות את עצמו כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From this, he will come to comprehend a [higher] particular, on a higher level, until he comes to the general comprehension of the general matter. In this way [the comprehension] is truer, without deluding himself at all.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:15
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כמו כשתחלה יתבונן דרך פרט בממלא כל עלמין באיכות התהוות שרש שפע ברוחניות דגלגלים ומזלות מאין ליש דעשיה, משמרי האופנים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, when he starts contemplating the matter of how the light of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, fills all worlds, in a manner of particulars, [he begins by contemplating] how the root of the spiritual influence of the orbits and constellations come into actuality, out of nothing, from the waste matter of the *Ophanim* angels.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:16
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ואחר כך יתבונן בפרטיות באופנים וחיות כו' עד בחינת מלכות דעשיה, כללות האור האלקי שמהוה עולם העשיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, he contemplates the *Ophanim* angels, and the *Chayot* angels in a manner of particulars etc. ]This contemplation continues[ until ]he reaches[ the aspect of *Malchut* [of the world] of *Asiyah,* which is the general Godly light that brings the world of *Asiyah* into being.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:17
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ועל דרך זה בפרטי י׳ ספירות דעשיה עד בחינת מלכות דיצירה שנעשה כתר לעשיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He continues] in this way, [contemplating] the details of the ten *sefirot* [of the world] of *Asiyah* until he [reaches] the aspect of *Malchut* of *Yetzirah*, which becomes the *Keter* [for the world] of *Asiyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:18
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וכן על דרך זה בפרטיות דיצירה ובפרטיות דבריאה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In this manner [he contemplates] the particulars [of the world] of *Yetzirah*, and [then] the particulars [of the world] of *Briyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:19
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עד בחינת מלכות דאצילות כללות הכל כו' שנקרא שם אלהי״ם בכלל כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He continues in this way] until [he reaches] the aspect of *Malchut* of *Atzilut*, [which is] the totality of everything, and is generally called by the name God-*Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם, as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:20
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שאז מתאמת הדבר יותר בקירוב כו', כי אחר העיון היטב בכל הפרטים, הגם שכל פרט בפני עצמו אינו ענין אלהות בכללות ואינו רק בחינת טפל פרטי לבד, כאשר יתחבר כל העיון מכל הפרטים אל הכלל, אז יוקבע יותר בנפש בחינת הכלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In this way, after thorough analysis, he realizes the truth of the matter, in a way of great closeness. For, although, in and of itself, each particular of his contemplation is generally not a matter of Godliness and is only a particular that is of secondary importance, nonetheless, when his whole analysis of all the particulars, comes together and becomes bound to the general principle, then the general principle will become embedded in his soul to a greater degree.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:21
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כאשר בדוק ומנוסה לכל עוסק בעמקות בהתבוננות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This has been tried and tested by all those who have toiled deeply in *Hitbonenut* contemplation.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:22
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וגם ביחודא עילאה בהתבוננות דרך פרט בכל פרטי העשר ספירות בפרצופים דזעיר אנפין ונוקבא ואבא ואמא ואריך אנפין ועתיק יומין עד ראשית הקו באדם קדמון כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, the contemplation of the “Upper Unity” should be in a manner of particulars [as well]; to understand each particular detail of the ten *sefirot* of the statures of *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah, Abba* and *Imma*, *Arich Anpin* and *Atik Yomin*, all the way to the beginning of the *Kav* in *Adam Kadmon* etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:23
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דרך פרט דוקא, הוא המועיל לקבוע בנפש מבחינת כללות עצמות המאציל הכוללם יחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is specifically [the contemplation of all this], in a manner of particulars, that will cause the general light of the essence of the Emanator, which includes and unifies everything, to be implanted in his soul.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:24
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מה שאין כן ההתבוננות דרך כלל לבד כנזכר לעיל שמרחוק יהו״ה נראה לו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, this is not the case if one only contemplates in a general manner, so that *HaShem*-יהו״ה appears to him from afar, as mentioned previously.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:25
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(עד שיוכל ליפול בדמיונות כוזבות כשוטים וחסרי הדעת מצד צמצום כלי מוחו רק בדבר א' והוא כללי כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(For, through this, it is possible for him to fall into false delusions, as do fools and those who lack *Da’at*. ]This comes about[ because they focus their entire mind solely on one general matter.)


###### The Gate of Unity 4:26
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אבל צמצום העמקת הדעת בכל פרט הוא ההיפוך מן הטעות והריחוק

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the focusing and delving of one’s concentration into each detail is the opposite of error and distance [from *HaShem*-יהו״ה].


###### The Gate of Unity 4:27
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אדרבא, על ידי זה מתקרב הדבר יותר אצלו בהיותו הולך מפרט לפרט העליון הימנו עד שכוללם יחד, ליחד יחוד כללי ולא יחוד פרטי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
On the contrary, through this, the matter becomes closer to his [mind] since he goes from one particular to a higher particular until he unifies them all in a general unification, rather than a unification of particulars.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:28
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כמו לך יהו״ה הגדולה כו' שענין היחוד האלקי הוא בחינת עומק ההשגה בביטול היש לאין ביחודא עילאה ויחודא תתאה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This may be understood from the unification (*Yichud*) of “Yours, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, is the greatness.” The [general] matter of Godly unification is the aspect of the depth of comprehending the nullification of the “something” to the “nothing,” [both] in [the comprehension of] the “Upper Unity” and the “Lower Unity.”


###### The Gate of Unity 4:29
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ויש יחוד פרטי בדבר פרטי, כמו לך יהו״ה הגדולה שהוא בחינת חסד שבמלכות דאצילות בבי''ע דרך פרט בכל עולם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now there [also] is a particular unification for each particular thing. For example, in “Yours *HaShem*-יהו״ה is the greatness,” this is the aspect of *Chessed*². of *Malchut* [of the world] of *Atzilut* [as it is invested] in [the worlds of] *Briyah, Yetzirah* and *Asiyah*, in a particular way for each world.

footnotes:
² Greatness refers to Chessed


###### The Gate of Unity 4:30
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וגם כללותו אינו אלא פרט מדה א' ממדה שבמלכות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, even the general matter here is only a single particular quality of a particular quality of *Malchut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:31
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ולך יהו״ה הגבורה בכללותו ופרטיו בכל עולם נקרא יחוד פרטי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, [when one contemplates] “Yours *HaShem*-יהו״ה is the might,” both in general and in its particulars in each world, [it] is, [nonetheless], considered to be a particular unification.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:32
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ועל דרך זה בכל יחודים פרטיים שבי׳ ספירות דבי''ע כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The same [principle] applies to the unifications of all the particulars of the ten *sefirot* [of each of the worlds] of *Briyah*, *Yetzirah,* and *Asiyah*, as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:33
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אבל יחוד הכללי הוא כמו מה שכתוב הנה מקום אתי או המלך המרומם כו' המתנשא מכל ימות עולם דו׳ קצוות ומוחין חכמה ובינה שבהם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, a general unification is like [the understanding of], “Behold, the place is with Me,” or, “The exalted King… who is aloof from the days of the world.” [In other words, He is aloof from “the days of the world,” which refers to] the six directions (the emotional *Sefirot*) and the intellect of *Chochmah* and *Binah* [of the worlds].


###### The Gate of Unity 4:34
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וגם זה פרט יחשב לגבי עצמות בחינת המלכות שהוא כתר מלכות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, in comparison to the essence of *Malchut* of *Atzilut*, which is *Keter Malchut*, even this is, [likewise], only considered to be a particular.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:35
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וכהאי גוונא בעשר ספירות דאצילות כו' עד עצמות בחינת מלכות דאין סוף בראשית הקו, יש יחודים פרטים הרבה בכל ספירה ופרצוף כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In a similar manner [there is a contemplation of] all the other *sefirot* [of the world] of *Atzilut*, until the essence of the aspect of *Malchut* of *Ein Sof* (the Unlimited One), at the beginning of the *Kav*. There are many unifications of the many particulars in each *sefirah* and *partzuf* (stature).


###### The Gate of Unity 4:36
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ויחוד הכללי בכללות ביטול כל ההשתלשלות דקו כו' לגבי עצמות אור אין סוף כידוע.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The general unification, [however], is the general nullification of the entire chaining down of the *Kav,* relative to the Essential Self of the Limitless Light (*Atzmoot Ohr Ein Sof*), as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:37
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אך הנה מי שלא העמיק דעתו ביחודים פרטים ומתחיל מבחינת הכלל, גם שבא לו ביגיעה רבה בהשגות רבות באיכות ענין הביטול בכלל, כמו כשלהבת כו' וכהאי גוונא, לא יוקבע בנפשו אמיתית ענינו כל כך, כמו אחר עיון היטב בכל פרטיים, עד שמהם יבוא לבחינת בכלל.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, [this is not the case with] one who has not delved his concentration into particular unifications, but, [rather], begins with the general aspect. Even though he toils greatly in [comprehending] the many general concepts of how everything is generally sublimated to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, such as the aforementioned analogy of the flame, and other such [concepts], [nonetheless], the truth of the matter will not become as embedded in his soul, as much as it would have been, had he gone through a thorough analysis into the particular details, which would bring him to [truly understand] the general [concept].


###### The Gate of Unity 4:38
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והיינו דפרט אצטריך לכלל וכלל אצטריך לפרט, מפני שאין כלל בלא פרט כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the meaning of, “the particular requires the general and the general requires the particular,”³ for no general [concept] can exist without particulars.

footnotes:
³ See Zohar Shmot 3a, Terumah 161b, V’Etchanan 264a.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:39
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(ודבר זה כבר נחלקו בו הרבה מגדולי הראשונים כמו הרמב''ם והטור, אם לכוון בפירוש המלות דרך פרט בגדלות יהו״ה, אם לכוון דרך כלל, לפני מי אתה עומד ומתפלל כו' כמו שכתוב בכתבים)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This matter has already been debated by many of the foremost *Rishonim,* such as the Rambam and the Tur. [That is], whether [during prayer] one’s intentions should be focused on the particular meanings of the words, such as [contemplating] the greatness of *HaShem*-יהו״ה [in a way of particulars]? Or, whether one’s intent should rather be to realize, in a general way, before Whom he is standing and praying? This matter is discussed in [Chassidic] manuscripts).


###### The Gate of Unity 4:40
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והגם שהמחשבה כללית עם המחשבה פרטית לא ישכנו כאחד, מכל מקום מי שהוא מעמיק בכל לבו ובכל חפצו לעצמות האלקות דוקא, הנה גם בעיונו בפרטיות יכוין הכל אל המחשבה הכללית דעצמות דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, although [as a rule] a general thought and a particular thought cannot exist simultaneously, nonetheless, he who delves with all his heart and with all his desire, specifically to [contemplate] the essence of *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה Godliness, even though his analysis is into the particulars, he will specifically direct everything to the general thought of *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה Essential Self.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:41
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ולא יפול מכללות הכונה כלל מחמת צמצום הכונה הפרטיות, מאחר שכל הפרטים אינם נמשכים והולכים רק אחר הכלל דוקא, כידוע לכל הולך בדרך אמת, ליהו״ה לבדו דוקא, כמו שכתבו זכרונם לברכה אליו ולא למדותיו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
He will not fall from the general intention at all, as a result of focusing on the particulars. This is because all the particulars are drawn to and follow the general principle, as known to all who travel upon the “Path of Truth,” [who direct themselves] specifically only to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He. Likewise, this is as stated by the Sages, “[pray] to Him rather than to His qualities.”


###### The Gate of Unity 4:42
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רק כללות ענין ההתבוננות בפרטי מדותיו הוא רק כדי שיבא לעצמותו ומהותו דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say that] the main intent of the matter of contemplating the particulars is solely for the specific purpose of coming to the Essential Self and being of *HaShem*-יהו״ה Himself.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:43
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ולא לכוון העיקר רק בכוונה של הפרט, כמו בשביל איזה לימוד לעצמו.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In other words], one should never consider the particulars to be the main thing, such as studying a subject for itself [rather than to know *HaShem*-יהו״ה].


###### The Gate of Unity 4:44
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גם בעיונו בספר הזוהר ובכתבי האריז''ל צריך להיות על דרך זה דוקא ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, one’s analysis of the Zohar and the writings of the Ari’zal must specifically be in this manner. This will suffice those of understanding.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:45
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(וכאשר מקובל היה אבי אדוני מורי ורבי זכרונו לברכה נשמתו עדן בדבר זה מפי הרב המגיד זכרונו לברכה בפירוש גמור וכך שמעתי מפיו זכרונו לברכה)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(My father, our master, mentor and teacher [the Alter Rebbe] of blessed memory, whose soul is in *Eden*, received this teaching from the mouth of the *Rav,* the *Maggid* [of Mezeritch] of blessed memory, with a full explanation, and this is how I heard it from his mouth.)


###### The Gate of Unity 4:46
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ובזה מתורץ שאלת השואלים על פירוש המלות דרך פרט ליודעים בהם, איך שאינם מבלבלים את מחשבת הכלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Through all of the above we have answered the question of those who inquire regarding the specific [kabbalistic] meanings of the words [of the prayers]. How is it that those who know them do not become confused [and distracted] from the general intent?


###### The Gate of Unity 4:47
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אלא אדרבא כוונות פירוש המלות על פי הקבלה מסייעים לחזק את עומק השגת הכלל בעצמות אלקות, כידוע לטועמי טעם בהם דרך פרט כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Rather, on the contrary, the intent of the meaning of the words [of prayer], as explained by Kabbalah, serves to strengthen the depth of one’s general grasp of the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, as known to those who have tasted [the contemplation of the words of the prayers] in a way of particulars.


###### The Gate of Unity 4:48
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רק החדשים יותר טוב להם להעמיק דרך כלל תחלה, עד שיורגלו מעט מעט בדרך הפרט דווקא ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, for those who are novices, it is best that, at first, they should delve in a general way, until they become accustomed, little by little, to specifically contemplate the particulars [during prayer]. This will suffice those of understanding.